MTP NOW Nov. 28 — Trump dinner fallout; Unrest in China

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🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The fallout continues to mount following former President Trump’s dinner with white nationalist, Nick Fuentes. Symone Sanders-Townsend, Nicholas Wu and Rick Tyler join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the future of the Republican party. President Zelenskyy warns Ukrainians about more Russian airstrikes. NBC News Correspondent Ellison Barber reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Director of the China Power Project at CSIS, Bonny Lin, discusses the Covid protests in China. CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman analyzes the impact of legal immigration shortfalls.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, growing backlash.
0:04.6	More Republicans are now criticizing former President Trump for having dinner with a white supremacist at Mar-a-Lago.
0:10.9	But the GOP leadership still silent.
0:14.3	Plus, time is short and the lame duck to-do list is long.
0:18.2	Can Democrats protect same-sex marriage, avert a government shutdown, fund the
0:22.6	military, and much more, all before Republicans take control of the House in January? And all eyes
0:29.0	on China. Extremely rare and tense anti-government protests in the communist country as citizens take
0:35.5	to the streets to express their outrage after a new round of COVID
0:39.2	restrictions.
0:52.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. We've got family feuds and a full plate as lawmakers return to Washington.
0:59.2	So let's dig in to what's on the table after Thanksgiving. First, family tensions inside the Republican Party.
1:06.7	Coincidentally, over a dinner that former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump
1:12.1	had with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and a prominent white supremacist, Nick Fuentes.
1:18.3	That was last week. Mr. Trump says that Mr. Fuentes' appearance was unexpected and that he did not
1:23.7	know his reputation. But it's resulted in a new round of heartburn for Republicans.
1:28.9	Party leadership has yet to weigh in.
1:31.3	But the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote, quote,
1:35.1	Mr. Trump isn't going to change.
1:37.2	And the next two years will inevitably feature many more such damaging episodes.
1:41.9	Republicans who continue to go along for the ride with Mr. Trump are
1:45.3	teeing themselves up for disaster in 2024. Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, one of
1:51.5	seven Republicans who voted to convict Mr. Trump at his second impeachment said this morning,
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